Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,296, Asher Ford, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Ford, Asher Jane
W. 7,296 B.L.H. 17725-160-55
CONTENTS

24169
New York
Asher Ford
Warner in the State of New York was a Fifer in the Comp y commanded Captain Mead of the Reg t commanded Gowling - in the New York line for 19 months & 14 days
inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 71 Dollars 42 Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of November 1833 - and sent to E. H. Rosegrant, Glens Falls N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep r 33 - $ 178.58 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar ch 34 35.71
$ 214.29
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ino. Cromwell Clerk, Book E o Vol. 4 Page 100.

New Certificate issued for $71.42 1 / 100 instead of $64.87 1 / 100 , sent Hon H. C. Martindale A. R. 29 Mar '34. Agent notified of increase See let to Hon H. C. Martindale June 4. 1834. —
let to J. W. Thompson Nov. 17, 1847

5.624
New York. Albany
Jane Ford.
widow of Asher Ford
N.Y.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a fifer
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 71 dollars 11 2 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
10 th day of January
and sent to
John Norton Asher Ford N. York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 15. Vol. 26

96.673. Acv. Meh 3/55 Apl. 25/.
Ford Jane Road Room of Asher Road, Fin.
Hifer, Capt. Wood / N.Y. State Col. Rawling / Hoop,
Feb. 17 72 / 1847 Augt 1847
Rev. War. No. 1160 Gen. Feb. 25/57.
in Blythe A. Pensioner, Please see within.
N. G. Office Jan'y 14/56
Recd John Williams
Cal.
Glannant, North Granville Recd Jan'y 8/1856
Vol. H. 98. ->

State of New York } S. On this Tenth day of September in the year Warren County } S. - on the Twenty fifth day of June in the year of our Lord 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Seth C. Baldwin, First Judge and Miriam Barber, Thomas Patterson and Freeman B. Nichols Esquires, Judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas of the said County of Warren and State aforesaid, which said Court is now sitting, Asher Ford a resident of the town of Queensbury in the said County of Warren aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
And the said Asher Ford saith that he was born in Ame- ria precincts in the County of Dutchess in the State of New York on the twenty third day of November in the year of our Lord 1761, - that he entered into service during the Revolutiona- ry war under the following named officers and served during said war as is hereinafter stated - And the said Asher Ford
July 1776
Further saith - In the month of July 1776. I lived in what was then called oblong in the said County of Dutchess about four miles east of America where I was born, and in the said month of July 1776 I enlisted for five months as a Piper in the New York State Troops - in Colonel Morris Graham Regiment. Captain Elisha Barlow's company, in which Ebenezer Carter was first Lieutenant. Britton Paine was another Captain in the same Regiment - Our Regiment joined at Fishkill in the said County of Dutchess and marched from there to Peekskill and from there we marched to Kings- bridge in Westchester County where we built two rows of Bar- racks - While we were there, a report came that the British were entering the Bay of New York, and the whole Regi- ment marched down to the City of New York, but on arri- ving there, we found that the report was false, and so return- ed to Kingsbridge - From Kingsbridge we marched to White Plains and had an engagement with the British in the month of October. Called the Battle of White Plains - General
{ I, m c Piper N. Y. State Troops officer }

Heath was the first in Command and General George Clinton the second as I think. We took six field pieces from the British in this engagement. In this Battle I received a hurt on my right leg which made it necessary for me to have it amputated some years after. From White Plains all the forces marched to North Castle in a snow storm, and there we took the Pews and seats of the church and used it as a Hospital for our sick and wounded. From North Castle we marched back to Peekskill and built Barracks and there I was discharged on the first day of January 1777. I then received a discharge from Captain Barlow but it has been worn out and lost. Moses Harris of the town of Greenburgh aforesaid had a brother who was a private in Captain Paine's Company before mentioned during the whole of my five months service and can testify to it, but he has been confined to his bed by sickness for the last year and cannot now appear in Court to testify. I do not know of any other person who can testify to this service.
Witness -
Feb. 1777 Fife - 1 m. 14 days No. Col. 3 officers After I was discharged at Peekskill I returned home to St. Long and a month afterwards I enlisted again as a Fifer for six weeks under Major Britton Paine (who was Captain in my Regiment during my service in 1776) in Captain William Mead's Company. There was no Colonel of the Regiment during this service. I went down to New Rochelle where the Regiment joined and there we remained during the whole six weeks guarding the lines - there were frequent skirmishes between our Scouts and the enemies but no regular engagement. We took a number of horses, and sleighs containing beds, bedding, and provision, going to the Enemy. I was discharged at New Rochelle at the end of the six weeks in the month of March 1777, and received a discharge from Captain Mead, but it has been worn out and lost. Moses Harris above named was a private in the Paine Company with me in this last service and can testify to it, and he is the only person I know of who can -
Witness

March 1777
Fifer
Officer
1 month
No witness
After I was discharged at New Rochelle I went home to Oblong and in the same month of March (1777) I went to Easttown in the County of Washington in this State, to reside, and being during that Spring the Militia were called out on an alarm that Burgoyne was coming down from the North and I volunteered and went out as a Fifer and Carried a gun slung to my back although not obliged to carry anything but a pistol - I was in Colonel Daniel Dickinsons Regiment and Captain Van Vorts Company - one Thompson was Major - We went to Fort Edward - Burgoyne was then at Fort George - We remained at Fort Edward a months and over, when one part of the Regiment was discharged, but I received no written discharge - I do not know of any person who can testify to this part of my service -
June 1777
Fifer. 4 mo.
officer
4 mo.
After I was discharged at Fort Edward I returned to Easttown and in June 1777 went to Oblong aforesaid and there I enlisted as a Fifer for Four months in Colonel David Sutherland Regiment in Captain Roger Sutherlands Company - The Regiment joined at Fishkill in the month of July and marched to West Point and there we were employed in building Forts Lee, Putnam and Arnold and in building redoubts on the River Hudson - Benedict Arnold was in Command at West Point. During this four months service Major Andre was taken and Arnold made his escape to the British ship Vulture lying in the Hudson River a little below West Point - fourteen of our men (of which I was one) crossed the River to overtake Arnold but could not - after Arnold got aboard of the Vulture, she set sail and went down the River - Andre was brought back to West Point - General Washington arrived while Andre was there and the Court Martial was held of which General Green was President, and condemned Andre to be hung - General Washington made several propositions under a flag to the British commander at New York (Sir Henry Clinton or Admiral Howe) to deliver up Andre in exchange for Arnold - I remained at West Point during this four months service
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and received a discharge from Captain Sutherland but it has been worn out and lost. Moses Harris above named was with me in this four months service and can testify to it and he is the only person I know of who can -
spring 1778 9 m. Fife. Major officers
After I was discharged at West Point I returned to Oblong and remained there until the spring of 1778. and then enlisted for nine months as Fife Major, in Colonel Albert Pawlings Regiment, (John Beuschonten was Major, John Ellsworth Adjutant) in Captain Robert Woods Company of which John McBride was first Lieutenant - The Regiment joined at Esopus in Ulster County, in this State and from there we marched to Marbletown two miles below, and from there to Wawarsing where the Regiment encamped - Captain Woods Company was detached to go to Papsackten to guard the settlement. From Papsackten we returned to Wawarsing, and joined the Regiment and started for the West to meet General Sullivan - We marched to Tuscarora but General Sullivan had left there four days before we arrived as we learnt from a paper stuck to a tree, and we returned to Wawarsing and from there marched back to Esopus where we got aboard of a sloop and sailed down to Stoney Point and worked on the Fort there repairing it - At Stoney Point I was discharged in the winter of 1779. (1778) - I received a discharge from Captain Wood
No. witness can be obtained -
but it has been worn out and lost - I do not know of any person who can testify to this part of my service - Colonel Pawling, I believe is now living in the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer - his mind is impaired and enfeebled by age and he can not recollect me or swear that I am the identical Abner Ford who served in his Regiment - I saw him about eighteen months since and then recounted to him the incidents of this service and from my account he had no doubt that I was with him in the above mentioned nine months service and in his Regiment - I have no means to enable me to go to Troy to see Colonel Pawling or to get his testimony -
After I was discharged at Stoney Point I returned to Oblong, and in the month of March 1779 I came up to Easttown aforesaid
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April 1779 and in the months of April following went to Stillwater in the State Troops - County of Saratoga in this State and Enlisted in the State Troops for Three years as Ordinary Sergeant , in Colonel John Mc- Kinstry's Regiment, Captain Job Wright, Company - The Cap- tain Enlisted me. Ephraim Fish was Ensign of his Company - The Regiment joined at Saratoga - and from there we marched to Little Britton southwest of Albany and from there to New Berg, Orange County, and from there to Fish Kill where we lay in the Barracks a long time, and from there to Peekskill where we remained some time, and from there back to Fish Kill where we remained some time, and from there to Stony Point where we remained some time, and there the Regiment was disbanded two months and one day before the Expiration of the three years for which I enlisted - I received a discharge from Colonel McKinstry and then twenty nine years ago I annexed this discharge to a Petition which I presented to the Le- gislature of this State for a tract of Land in the Military Bounty Lands - A Bill was passed through a second Reading in my favor but the Legislature adjourned before the third reading of the Bill and it fell through on that account - the discharge has been searched for by the Secretary of State of this State but cannot be found and he states that all the Petitions presented to the Legislature are not in his office and that Regular files of Petitions are not always preserved
No witness (- I do not know of any person who can testify to this last but see Harny) Service affidavit
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity, except the present & declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State -
In answer to the Interrogatories proposed in the instructions of the Secretary of War the said Alker Ford further saith
1. I was born in America Precinct, in the County of Dutchess in this State on the 23 rd day of November 1761 - 2. I have a Record of my age which is now produced to the court it is a copy of the Church Records in America taken by me

about twenty years ago -
3. I lived at Anania before when I entered the service & for the last twenty years I have lived in the town of Leesburg aforesaid.
4) My answer to the Fourth. Fifth & Sixth Interrogatories are stated before in this my Declaration - 5) 6)
7. Hiram Barber Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of this County, Enoch H. Roseman, District Attorney and King Allen Deputy Sheriff of said County are persons known to me in my present neighborhood who can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution - there is a clergyman in the vicinity where I live lately name of Allen Andrew man whom I am acquainted with and whom I can produce in Court to testify a. above  greatly satisfied in my
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court
Thomas Archibald Clerk
Asaph Ford
We Allen Andrews a Clergyman - Hiram Barber, Enoch H. Roseman & King Allen all residing in said town of Leesburg hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Asaph Ford who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court Thomas Archibald Clerk
Our Witnesses
Hiram Barber King Allen Enoch H. Roseman
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589 Clare Ford Widow application for pension NY
Act 29 May 1848
Repealed March 1811

State of New York Washington County ss.
On this twenty fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine personally came before the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized by Law to administer Oaths Jane Ford a resident of the Town of Granville in said County aged sixty one years who being first duly sworn by the undersigned Justice in Order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed February 2 nd 1845 saith that she is the widow of Asher Ford late of Hartford in the said County deceased who was a private or fifer of five major a part of the as she has understood in the army of the Revolution and who drew a pension under the act of Congress of Seventy one Dollars and some cents but the number of cents she is not able to recollect. That she is unable to state the services of her said deceased husband but which she supposes are on file in the pension Office at Washington and to which she begs leave to refer and that the same may be taken as a part of this her application if deemed necessary -
That her said husband Asher Ford died on the 13 th day of August 1847. That she was married to him the said Asher Ford on the 23 rd day of February 1811. at Calvary in the County of Saratoga and State of New York by Seth Starkweather Esquire a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Saratoga that there were present at said marriage Uriah Cornell and Daniel Rogers who with the said Justice are all dead, that she does not know of any witness living by whom she can prove her said Marriage. That the said Asher Ford was a widower at the time she married him, that she has not since his death been married to any person but still remains his widow.
And she herewith gives a copy of the original family Record of her said husband in the words and figures following which was kept on blank leaves in his bible to wit
Asher Ford was born November 7 th 1761.
Susanna Maumber was born March 7 th 1762.
We was married December 7 th 1784
Eunice Ford was born July 7 th 1785
Departed by death 7 th 26 th
John Ford was born June 7 th 1786
Sarah Ford was born May 19 th 1788
William Ford was born October 7 th 1790
Eunice Ford was born August 7 th 1792
Christopher Ford was born October 7 th 1794
James Ford was born October 7 th 1796
Sydia Ford was born July 7 th 1799
Betsy Ford was born July 10 th 1801 on Friday
Susanna Ford wife of Asher Ford Departed this life at four o'clock on the morning of the 11 th of April 1808 aged 46 years.

Asher Ford was married to Jane } Sally Ford daughter of Asher and Jane Ford was Vanhorn February ye 23 d 1811. } born January ye 19 th 1812.
That the original family record of which the foregoing is a copy is in the hand writing of the said Asher Ford her deceased husband and has been in her possession since his death and which Record she believes to be true and knows the same to be true as respects her marriage, and the birth of her Daughter Sally Ford now Sally Butler wife of David Butler
Sworn and subscribed by her mark this 24 th day of December 1849 before me
her Jane X Ford mark
John C. Parker Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Washington. And I the said Justice certify that the aforesaid affiant Jane Ford is a credible witness and worthy of belief and that I copied from the family Record into her Declaration J. C. Parker Justice
State of New York
Washington County ss. Sally Butler wife of David Butler of Granville in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn saith that she is the daughter of Asher Ford deceased and of Jane Ford the applicant for a pension in the foregoing Declaration named that they lived together as husband and wife ever since her recollection and she has no doubt of their lawful marriage. That her said father died at Hartford in the County and State aforesaid on the 13 th day of August 1847. that she knows he was a pensioner of the United States from having seen his pension certificate from the pension office. That her Mother Jane Ford makes it her home in the family of this Deponent and has in her possession her father's Bible containing his family Record and that the original is in his hand writing and is truly copied in the aforesaid Declaration as she knows from a comparison thereof with the original Record.
Sworn & subscribed this 24 th day of December 1849 before me
Sarah Butler
John C. Parker Justice of the Peace in and for the County of
Washington NY and I certify that the above affiant I believe to be a credible witness and worthy of belief J. C. Parker Justice

State of New York Washington County ss. David Butler of Greenville in the county and state aforesaid being duly sworn saith that he married Sally Ford the daughter of Asher Ford now deceased and that Jane Ford the widow of the said Asher Ford makes it her home in the family of this Deponent. That he was acquainted with the said Asher Ford in his life time and knows him to have been a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and he has no doubt that the said Asher Ford was duly and lawfully married to the said Jane Ford the above applicant for a pension as they lived together as husband and wife, and further he knows that the said Jane Ford has in her possession the Bible of the said Asher Ford deceased which contains the family Record of the said Asher Ford deceased and he hath compared the copy in the foregoing Declaration contained with the Original record in words and figures and finds the same to be exactly alike in all respects including the dates in figures and has no doubt that the said Record is a true Record of the Births, deaths and marriages as therein stated
Sworn & subscribed this 27 th day of December 1849 before me
David Butler
John C. Parker Justice Peace and I certify that the said David Butler is a credible Witness and worthy of belief, J C Parker Justice Peace
State of New York ss. OK's certificate Washington County ss. I Henry Shipherd Clerk of the County Courts in and for the County of Washington aforesaid in the said State of New York Do hereby certify that John C. Parker is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified and authorized to administer oaths in said County that his term of Office commenced on the first day of January 1848 and will expire on the thirty first day of December 1851 that I am acquainted with the signature of his name, and that his signature above severally written is in his proper hand writing and is genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of the said County
this 28 th day of Dec. 1849
H Shipherd Clerk

State of New York } Washington County }
On this 17 th day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace within and for the county and State aforesaid, Jane Ford aged 44 years & upwards a resident of North Granville in the state of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow of Asker Ford. She further says that she was married to the said Asker Ford, in Galway NY on the 21 st day of February 1811, as will appear by a copy of the record of said Marriage taken from the family record, which is her own unimpaired and that her name before said marriage was Jane Vanhorn, that her said husband died at Hartford NY on the 13 th day of August 1847, and that she is now a widow at the date of executing this her declaration, and she further says that her husband the said Asker Ford was a Fifer in the Revolutionary war and at the commencement of said war, he enlisted into the army of the U.S. as a fifer for one three years and after serving out said enlistment, he then enlisted during said war and served until the war closed. She further says that the said Asker Ford was allowed a pension from the G ld Government for said services and that he drew a pension for about twenty years before his death, and that she drew that portion of his said pension that was his due at the time of his decease, which was from March 4 th 1847, to August 13 th 1847, and she further says that she sent the said Asker Ford's pension certificate to the agent for paying pensions at Albany NY for the purpose of drawing the balance his due at the time of his decease.

and that she received the pay for which she applied, but has never received the certificate and that she believes said certificate is now in said agent's hands at Albany, unless it has been returned to the Pension office at Washington and she further says that she was married to Asa her Lord by Seth Stark Matthew a. Justice of the Peace she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855. She also declares that she has never received nor applied for Bounty Lands under this, or any other Act of Congress.
Jane Lord her mark
Witnesses: David S. Butler Cha. W. Mann
The following is a true copy of the record of the marriage of Asa Lord and Jane Vanhorne which was taken from the Family record of said Lord, "Asa Lord and Jane Vanhorne was married February 21 AD 1811 on Thursday" We David S. Butler and Sarah Butler residents of North Granville in the state of New York, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed in our presence and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and we further say that we know of our own knowledge that the above extract of the marriage of Asa Lord and Jane Vanhorne is a true copy taken from the Family record of said Lord, and that the same was entered on his said Family record in his own hand writing, and we further state that we know

of our own knowledge that the said Asahel Lord and Jane Lord did live together as Man and Wife and were received into society as Man and Wife and that we never heard any thing to the contrary but what they were lawful Man and Wife. and we further stat that the said Jane Lord did draw the balance of Pension Money due said Asahel Lord at the time of his decease as stated in the foregoing affidavit, and that the said Jane is now a widow
David S Butler
Sarah Butler
The foregoing declaration and affidavits are known to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim
Charles R. Mann Justice Peace
the words hereto
N.B. The interlineation on the first page between the 11th & 12th line from the top was interlined before signing which are these which is
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss: WASHINGTON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I do hereby certify that Charles R Mann Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Declaration & Affidavits hereto annexed, was on the 17 day of April 1855, the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, sworn and qualified by law to act as such Justice and that the signature of said Justice subscribed thereto is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said County this 19 day of April A. D. 1855
Geo B Brown Dep Clerk.

of our own knowledge that the said Asahel Lord and Jane Lord did live together as man and wife and were received into society as man and wife and that we never heard any thing to the contrary but what they were lawful man and wife. and we further state that the said Jane Lord did draw the balance of Pension Money due said Asahel Lord at the time of his decease as stated in the foregoing affidavit. and that the said Jane is now a widow
David S. Butler
Sarah Butler
The foregoing declaration and affidavits are sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim
Charles P. Mann Justice Peace
N.B. The words hereunto
N.B. The underlining on
the first page between the 11th & 12th line from the top was underlined before signing which are these which is
hereunto annexed
Chas P. Mann J.P.

po 18203
Ashu Ford Warren county New York
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Admitted
Fifer 49 mo & 14 days
three years ... in oil
McKenty ... job
Wright rejected
Capt. Wright's ... to Col. Wells ...
E.H. ... Glen Falls Warren County New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 23 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Asher Ford Warren County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted July 1776 - 5 - fifer Capt Barlow Col Heath Col Graham Marched to Peekskill, to Kings Bridge 70 years Oblong County of Dutches traditional evidence Witnesses useful credible, no clergyman   Enlisted Feb. 1777 - 1 14 fifer Capt Mead Col who? Major Paine White Plains White Plains to North Castle to New Rochelle. New York no reason given papers not properly attached -   Vol. March 1777 - 1 - fifer Capt Van Vorts Col Dickinson   Enlisted June 1777 - 4 8 fifer Capt Sutherland Col Sutherland   Enlisted Spring 1778 June not stated fifer Capt Wood Col Paulings   Enlisted April 1779 2 9 1 orderly sergeant Capt Wright Col McKinstrey  
8 1/4 4 7.14 19.14
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons --one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Proof of service required

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7296
Jane Ford Wid.
Ashen Ford Life Rev War
Act: July 1863
Index:—Vol. A , Page 245
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1926 Nov. 5 - photos furnished B. B. Baldwin aw

Warren County ss. Moses Harris of the Town of Greenbry in the County of Warren aged Eighty six years & upwards being duly sworn saith that he has been acquainted with Asahel Ford who has made the foregoing declaration & signed the same for the last sixty years - that this deponent has heard the said declaration read and that the account of the said Asahel Ford contained therein of his services in the Revolutionary war with this deponent in the year 1777 is true - And this deponent further saith that before the joining of Mc Kinstry's Regiment as stated in said declaration this deponent met said Ford near Greenbush and said Ford then informed this deponent that he was then going to join said Regiment - and this deponent saith that he has lived in the town of Greenbry for the last Forty years and this deponent has always understood & believes & now believes that said Ford served in the Revolutionary war as is stated in the declaration of said Ford - and this deponent saith that this deponent's brother William Harris was in the service in Col. Morris Graham's Regiment & Captain Britton Paine's Company as stated in the foregoing declaration, and that Vardal Dickinson was in the said service, Regiment & Company, & that after their return from said service this deponent's brother & said Dickinson (both of whom are now dead) informed this deponent that said Ford was in that service with them, which this deponent believes to be true - said Ford's statement as to this deponent's state of health & ability to attend Court is true -
W. S. H. 1833
Subscribed & Sworn before me This 19 th day of August 1833 Hiram Barker Justice of the Peace

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinions, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Allen Andrews who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the town of Queensbury in the County of Warren, and that Hiram Barber, Enoch H. Rose, Krans & King Allen who have also signed the same are residents of the same town & county, and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit -
And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Moses Harris who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit verifying the statements of said Ford is also a credible witness & that the statement of said Harris is entitled to credit & that it is not possible for said Harris to appear in Court to testify -
I Thomas Archibald, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Warren do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Asahel Ford for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this Tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three -
Thomas Archibald Clerk
State of New York
County of Warren ss.
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of said County do certify that Hiram Barber before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn & that I am acquainted with his hand writing & truly believe his name subscribed thereto to be the proper hand writing and sig

= nature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal of office this tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three.
Edward Archibald Clerk

Declaration In order to obtain the benefits of the act of congress of 7th June 1832
State of New York
Washington County ss. On this 2 nd day of April 1847 personally appeared before me the undersigned a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington State of New York Asha Ford whom I have well known for many years who is an aged man infirm & a cripple having had his leg cut off above the knee & in my opinion unable to attend court & who is a resident of Washington County Town of Hartford N.Y. aged Eighty Five years past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of congress passed 7 June 1832 or else to obtain a further benefit of said act that he is already on the pension roll & was placed there some time in 1834 as will appear by the record of said certificate at Washington & that the applicant has continued to draw yearly the sum of $71.42
The applicant states that he served during the Revolutionary war at different times to the amount of seven years lacking three months & three days & for which service he now claims pension & also claims on the ground that from an injury received in the Battle of White Plains he has had to have amputated his right leg. Nine inches above the knee
That he enlisted at Menands when not quite sixteen years old & in the year 1776 in the army of Saltonstall into a company commanded by Capt. Elisha Barlow of Oblong Sent Ebenezer Carter, Brinton Pugh Major Morris 5 Graham Col Genl. Geo. Clinton & Heath were the Generals in command that he enlisted for service five months at this period took his discharge
That during this service his company manoeuvred at Kingsbridge N.Y. & remained at that place until the British took the city of N.Y. after which he went to White Plains N.Y. & was there & engaged in two battles fought there
That at such battles or one of them on a retreat in running through a brush fence he received a cut from some sharp instrument or stick which peeled off the skin from near the knee far down to the ankle that after the same skin was replaced the wound apparently healed but all along after would occasionally break out & blister & from exposure the limb would continue to inflame & the flesh slough off & the bone began to be effected so that about sixteen years since it was amputated at Glens Falls in Warren County N.Y. by Dr. Ransom & because of the wound & injury which applicant received at such time the other That applicant enlisted as a Musketeer being a Fifer & also carrying a gun & doing duty with the same
That immediately after the expiration of the said five months service in the year 1776 or early in 1777 he again enlisted as a Musketeer as aforesaid & also carried a gun & did duty with the same into a company commanded by Capt. William Moad & connected with Maj. Brinton Pugh. That during that 1 1/2 six weeks he with his company went to New Rochelle Westchester Co N.Y. & remained on the lines & served his time out & also received his discharge
That immediately after the last period he came to his County of Washington N.Y. at Easton & in 1777 again enlisted for three months as a private into a company commanded by Capt. Van Voorst Col DeKuyson of Still Water 3 then his time acting as a spy with one John Burns for Genl. Gates who was then in command that he served his time out was discharged which he took & that then he returned to Dutchess County &c
1777 again enlisted as a Musketeer under the command of Fife Major for 4 months in Capt. Roger Southland David Southland 4 was colonel that he also carried a gun & did duty with the same that during this period his company was at West Point, Fort Montgomery & Puck's Kill that he served out his four months & was then received his discharge
That soon after this period of service he again enlisted

13 1/2 into a company of Rangers as Musketeers operate. Commanded by Capt Rowde Kinney of Dutchess Co NY for one year that said Captain this company was not connected with any regiment as he was known but was employed in securing the hills & country in West Chester County & vicinity to pick up 12. Can. boys & such refugees as would & did return that in such service he spent the year & was discharged & which he received
That soon after the year 1779 he again enlisted into a company commanded by Capt Robert Wood of Oblong Sent John M c Guire Adjutant John Ellsworth. Major John Van Schaeffer Col. Albert Poulding for nine months. as Musketeer held the office of Fife Major for 9 months. 9. He also came again. That said company was stationed at Esopus Sent Brilliant Marlinton War Sink then said company was attached & went to Popton & to the vicinity of New Jersey & at Dewart, Fort Stone remained until apples began to get ripe & until Gen. Sullivan returned from the north & went west or started to go west after Indians
That the company to which applicant belonged received instructions to join Gen. Sullivan at Tuscarora & started from Dewart, Fort to make the junction went to Tuscarora & found Gen. Sullivan had been gone 4 days. These formed instructions of provisions were that to return being without supplies the company returned to War Sink & suffered much for want of provisions remained some time to recruit after which went to Honey Point & assisted in repairing same after same was taken & was discharged after serving nine months & took a discharge
36 70 1/2 months
That after completing the last period of service he came to Still Water & on the 16 April 1780 he enlisted into a company commanded by Job Wright for three years & was appointed to the office of Quartermaster During that time the Major it is believed was James Hewett the Col was John McKinister the company subsequently was then attached to the lines in the vicinity of West Point & into the State of New Jersey & that it was the object to keep of Indians. Such service that said company was engaged in that applicant so performed his three years & was duly discharged which he received. That his warrant as a Fife Major & as Sergeant & all his discharges he left with the  Henry Oliver in Dutchess County soon after the war that search has been made that such papers are lost & destroyed
That he is clear satisfied as to the proof of service before stated that his money is good now though aged 85 years that he knows no documentary evidence by which his services can be proved & having been informed he has been unable to obtain living witnesses or to find where any of his old companions in arms reside if now living. That his certificate of enlistment for the last period of his service was had many years since at Albany with a view to obtain his bounty lands but that the same there became lost & though much search was made the same could not be found
He declares his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any state or only on that of the agency in the State of New York That he was born on Nov 23. 1761. That the family record of his birth that when he entered the service he received with his pay, in America Dutchess Co NY. Since the war has lived in Madison Co Wash Co & Warren Co NY. Then resides in Halford Wash Co that he entered at one period was a kind of substitute for a clerk & was employed as substitute by George Merry who was one of a class of 87 men that was the 9 months service under Capt Wood Signed this day before me
Aspen H. Wood
Solomon S. Lowen Judge Wash Co. Courts
70 1/2 months

And I the said undersigned judge do hereby certify & declare my opinion to be that from personal acquaintance with the said Ashtor Ford I now affirm that he is of the age he represents & that after my investigation of the matter & after making many interrogations to him I have presented that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & that as he states & I do further certify he is a man of education of good mind & memory that his character for truth & veracity is inimpachable that he has lost his leg & as it has always been said in consequence of an injury received whilst he was in the war & that he is poor this fact as also that if the Department should take his statements for true that it would be doing only what all the community who know him would naturally do. I further certify I have no interest or agency in his present application & I further certify I know the said applicant his standing & claims as well as any persons in this his vicinity & that there is not among them any clergyman who has known said applicant for any length of time.
Solomon J. Loren Judge of Washington County

State of New York 88.
On this Twentieth day of June eighteen hundred and Fifty Four personally appeared before The Supreme Court held in and for the County of Washington Before Hon A C. Hulin one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York Jane Ford a resident of Granville in the said County of Washington and State of New York aged Sixty Six Years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war that she is the widow of Asker Ford who was a private in the Revolutionary war reference may be had to the evidence filed in the application of said Asker Ford to obtain a pension who was pensioner of the United States and who was a resident of the Town of Hartford County of Washington State of New York who died in said town of Hartford on the thirteenth day of August Eighteen hundred and Forty Seven to whom a Certificate of pension was issued which said Certificate was surrendered to the pension agent of the City of Albany at the time of making application for the amount due to said pensioner at the time of his death She further declares that she was married to the said Asker Ford on the Twenty third day of February Eighteen hundred and Eleven (1811) at the Town of Galway County of Saratoga and State of New York by Bethel Stockwell Esq a justice of the Peace of said County of Saratoga said justice soon after said marriage left the County to some place to this defendant unknown whose testimony she cannot procure that she knows of no person now living who could attest to have seen her married that after her marriage with said Asker Ford she immediately commenced to live with him and did continue so until his death that they have raised several Children who are now living That the said Asker Ford kept a family Bible in which he made the entries of Births marriages and deaths that very soon after they were married he entered on the family record in his own hand writing the time of their marriages etc by which said record now remains in this defendant's possession

of which the following is a Copy
"Ashe Ford was married to Jane Van Horn
February 23 1811."
That she was not married to him prior to the second of January Eighteen hundred but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now his widow
Signum in presence of
Jane Yule Ford X mark
The above and by whom was struck out before oath being made in the second line from the bottom on first page
John Norton Wm H King
State of New York
County of Washington ss 3 It is hereby Certified that Satisfactory Evidence has been Exhibited before me Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of New York and of the County of Washington that Jane Ford is the widow of Aske Ford late of the town of Hartford in said County and State. That Aske Ford was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and that the said Aske Ford died at Hartford on the 13 th day of August 1847 leaving the said Jane Ford his widow and that the preceding declaration was sworn to and attested by the said Jane Ford in open Court this 20 th day of June 1854
Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal this 20 th day of June 1854
N B McManus Clerk Wash Co

State of New York County of Washington
S.S. On this Second day of August A D Eighteen hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid Cornelius Ford a resident of Hartford in said State of New York aged Forty one years who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath depose and say that he is the son of Asher Ford late of Hartford deceased and son of Jane Ford who makes the foregoing affidavit for a Pension that he has resided with said Asher Ford and Jane Ford from the time of his first remembrance until he arrived to the age of Twenty one years and from that time until the death of said Asher Ford he resided in his vicinity that they the said Asher Ford & Jane Ford have cohabited together as husband and Wife from my first remembrance and until his said Asher Ford's death which took place at Hartford aforesaid on or about the 13 th day of August 1847 who left a widow Jane Ford who is now living and remains his Widow And I further depose and say that the said Asher Ford had in his possession during his life a Pension Certificate for services rendered by him as a private in the War of the Revolution that the said Asher Ford could write that I have very often seen him write and am well acquainted with his hand writing and that the said Asher Ford did keep a family Bible in which he kept a Record of Marriages Births and Deaths of his family in which I have several times seen him write and make entries that from my first remembrance of seeing said Record the following was entries to wit:
"Asher Ford was married to Jane Van Horn February 23 A D 1811" That the above quotation of a part of said record has remained and does now remain in said family Bible and from my knowledge of his hand writing I believe the same to be in his own hand writing
Cornelius Ford
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
John Norton Justice of the Peace.

Jane Foran application for a Pension under the act of July 3 1853 granting Pensions to Widows
John Norton Esq. Hartford N.Y.

State of New York County of Washington S.S. On this second day of August one Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Solomon S Cowen aged Sixty four years a resident of Hartford in the State of New York who being duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath depose and say that he was well acquainted with Asher Ford late of Hartford deceased That he first became acquainted with him about the year 1814 being about the time of his first residence in Hartford aforesaid at the said time he was a house keep and cohabited with Jane Ford who lived together as husband and Wife that they raised several Children during my said acquaintance and continued to so reside together as aforesaid until the death of said Asher Ford That I have seen said Asher Ford write and have seen the Record which purports to be a family Record of Marriages Births and Deaths in which I find recoring as follows to wit Asher Ford was married to Jane Vanhorn February 23 D 1811. from my knowledge of his hand writing I believe the groom as expressed above was his hand writing
Solomon S. Cowen
Sworn to and subscribed before me
The day and year above written
John Norton Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK, WASHINGTON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss:
I do hereby certify that John Norton Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the affidavit hereto annexed, was on the 2 day of Aug 185 5 , the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elec- ted, sworn and qualified by law to act as such Justice and that the signature of said Justice subscribed thereto is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said County this 6 day of Dec A. D. 185 5
Geo B Strong Dep. Clerk.

Granville Nash Co N.Y. Feb 12. 1851
How J. E. Heath Sir
I wish to be informed what was done in reference to the claim of Asher Ford a Revolutionary Soldier; he served to the close of the war. Some of the time served as a Fifer and Fife major : he drew a pension at the rate of $75.00 but was entitled to $120. per year. about 3 years ago last Spring (The Spring or summer of 1847) he applied for an increase of Pension and his papers were sent by Isaac W. Thompson of this place who then had charge of his case; I cannot learn as any thing was ever received in answer to his claim from your office. Mr. Ford is now dead but left children who have applied to me, to get what was due to their father but which he did not get. will you please examine the papers on file and inform me. what was done in regard to his claim for increase of Pension. and what further proof is req. was necessary to get the increase. and what the defect was; also have the kindness to send me the instructions and forms for drawing Bounty Land for services in the Revolutionary War ; as Ford was entitled to Bounty Land ; but did not draw it. and his children want to apply. also please send me instructions and forms for drawing Bounty Land under act of July 27. 1842.  + Jan'y 27. 1835 providing for those who enlisted for 5 years or during the war of 1812.
Truly yours Oscar H. Thompson

Washington June 2 nd 1834
Sir The accompanying certificates are returned for correction. Butelji is for $51.99. He served as private and sergeant 18 months including his term of imprisonment. He thinks himself entitled to sergeants pay for the whole time including imprisonment.
Ford made out two or three years as sergeant, besides the time served as musician. His certificate is only for $70.22. He claims sergeants full pay $120. Both are entitled to the utmost penny, all they are entitled to. Ford has but one leg, having lost the other in the army.
Solomon Emerson has not been able to draw his pension on his amended certificate. The correction not having been sent on to the agency. Be good enough to enable the old service to draw his money. Persons don't like to wait. I hope also that the evidence will enable you to draw more enlarged certificates for Ford & Butelji.

Be good enough also to enclose me your reasons for refusing to certify to Lewis Hattis and Samuel Weeks , whose papers you sent me some days since. I do not perceive the deficiency of testimony.
Yours very Respectfully
Henry C. Martindale
Edward E
Peruvian Office

Brief in the case of Jane Ford, widow of Asker Ford Washington County and State of New York act February 3, 1853
Claim, ("original," for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband of claimant was a pensioner under act of June 7, 1832 at rate of $71.42 c per annum. He died August 13, 1847, as shown by 3 d Auditor's Certificate.
Marriage proved by verified transcript from Family Bible - It took place 23 d February 1811.
Identity of the claimant as the present (If for increase.) widow of the above named pensioner
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
proved by affidavits of Cornelius Ford, and Solomon S. Cowen. - credible witnesses.
John Norton Ely Hartford,
Name and residence of Agent. New York
R. Ladd Examining Clerk.

Adams & Co. Appeal for investigation Ather Ford 1832
Franklin County
Free
Hon. J. S. Edwards Penn. Senators
Washington D.C.

Waverly Oct 22. 1827
Sir
Will the enclosed application secure any further proceedings? What further course is required?
Yrs J. N. Thompson

Paris G. R. Andrews M.C.
O. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Prisons Nashville D. C.
Jan 27/80
Askin M c Clure

Washington May 5 th 1849
Sir,
I Enclose the application of Saml Ford, of Granville N.Y. for a Pension, any Communication relative thereto, please to direct to Mr at the House of Representatives, -
I am Sir very Respectfully Your obed Servt G. R. Andrews
A. L. Edwards Esq. Comm: of Pensions,

Payments to be made at New York by President W.M. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 1, Page 100 by J. C. Stiles Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Asker Ford of the State of New York who was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Sixty Four dollars and Eighty seven cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1832 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 1 th day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
John C. Calhoun Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. D. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Rev B. Land A. Thompson Askin Wood Sep. 25/50 17,725
Received

Pension Office
Sept 25 th 1880
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 19 th instant, I have the respecting the claim of Asher Droad to bounty land in right of his services in the Revolutionary War. I have to inform you, that as, according to your letter, he left the service after he was "disabled at the battle of White Plains," he acquired no right to bounty land from the U. States; to which bounty no soldier of the revolution became entitled, unless he enlisted for "during the war," and served to the end thereof in 1783.
I am
O. F. Thompson Esq. Granville Washington County New York

✓ 17.725
3 Star Aus

Pension Office, December 12, 1885.
The Third Auditor will please certify the date to which the within named pensioner was paid, and the christian name of widow
Very respectfully J. C. Cull Chief Clerk

3 rd Auditor's Office
Dec. 13. 1833.
Died 13 th August 1847 & paid in full to that day. Name of the widow was Jane Ford.
Robert J. Stanton Auditor

Pension Office Jan. 7. 1855
Sir. The proof in the within application shows that the within named pensioner died on the 13 th Aug 1847. Please re-examine, and certify whether that is the true date.
Very respectfully
R. M. [unclear] Commisioner
Sir,

3 d Auditor's Office Jan'y 8. 1838.
Sir
Upon further examination it appears that an error was made in reporting the within named pensioner's death 8 August 1847 should have been 13 th August 1847
J. M c Intosh Esq r . Comm r of Pensions
Very Respectfully Rob t Johnson Auditor

N o 6.193.
Jane Hood, widow of Asker Hood — Washington Co. N. York
Admitted — Act Feb'y 3. 1833 at rate of $ 71. 42 c per Annum — commencing at date of act.
Husband was fifer 19 mos. and 14 days
Pay widow.
Certificate to.
John Norton Esq. Hartford New York

Asher Ford N.Y.
  1776.  5 mo  fifer  Capt Barlow led M. Graham    1776-77  1 " 15  "  Capt Mund Major Payne    1777  3 "  asa spf  Capt Van Vorst, led Dickerson    "  4 "  fife Major  Capt. Lanchutand led Lanchutand    Shully afterwar  12 "   Capt. Roosevelt    1779  9 "  Musickant  Capt R. Mow led Paulings    1780  36 "  Orderly Supt  Capt J. B. Wright led McHenry  

21.169.  New York  Isaac Ward
of Warren in the State of New York who was a Diser t in the Comp y . commanded by Captain Mead of the Regt. commanded by Col. Paulus in the New York line for 19 Months and 14 days.
$71.42
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 64 Dollars 87 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Nov r : 1833 and Scott E. Rosekrans Roundfall
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '33 $ 162.22 Semi-ant. allowance ending Apr. '33 32.18
$195.60
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. H. H. Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 4. Page 100

See
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November 2, 1926.
3-2233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Nov 2 1926
Chief Rev War Section Division.
stat copies of the following :
  asher Ford. W.7296. 7 pages.   esse Ford, S.31035. 8 "   oshua Ford, S.3368. 4 "   raham Parsons, W.10852. 2 "   ndrew Parsons, S.41047. 1 "   Total 22 " 
I have this day received from
Evelyn B. Baldwin
cash No.
for $ 3 30 , requesting
photostat copy as per  post office addresses
letter herewith.
1926 Nov 5 photostat delivered to Mr. Baldwin & finances in person by Div. Not.
OK not cyqd
J. RANDALL Chief Finance Division.
not
ction.
E. Baldwin 426-21st St. N.W. Washington D.C.

November 2, 1926.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:
Please furnish photostat copies of the following :
Rev. War pension claim, Asher Ford. W.7296. 7 pages. " Jesse Ford, S.31035. 8 " " Joshua Ford, S.3368. 4 " " Abraham Parsons, W.10852. 2 " " Andrew Parsons, S.41047. 1 " Total 22 "
received payment
$3.30
A. R. Wilson Chief Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
Evelyn St. Baldwin 1426 - 21st St. N.W. Washington D.C.

10510
When this job should refer to Requisition No.
Order for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
Handwritten initials
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137. Please furnish work specified below.
Nov. 3, 1926. 192
Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostat copies of seven pages from the Rev. War pension claim, W. 7296, Asher Ford
No. of copies 1 of each page Shall form be kept standing? no days
For further information see A. E. Wilson, Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
Approved: [Signature: A. E. Lambright] Chief Clerk of Bureau.
[Signature: A. E. Wilson] Chief of Branch or Division
Handwritten note: Asher Ford this claim see receipt for payment in
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
CHECK WORK DESIRED
 Duplicate  Multigraph single or double space? Facsimile signature?  Mimeograph one side or both sides? Facsimile signature?  Folding once or twice?  Assembling Once? Twice? Side? End?  Stapling 
Electric typewriter Fill in addresses? Dated?
 Addressograph from lists  Envelopes, size  Proof list  Labels (submit sample)  Fill in letters  Cards, size  Pay rolls  Corrections  Tabulation sheets 
Photostat Size actual Official use? Repay? $ 1.05 Blue Print Size Official use? Repay? $
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